The Answer for this puzzle is 7 Races. It can be solved in the following manner as Race 1:cyclists 1-5 Race 2:cyclists 6-10 Race 3:cyclists 11-15 Race 4:cyclists 16-20 Race 5:cyclists 21-25 Race 6:winners of Races 1-5 and finally Race 7:2nd and 3rd cyclists from the category of winner of Race 6, 1st and 2nd cyclists from the category of runners-up of Race 6, 3rd of Race 6, Other wise, we may also try this If we have two best players in one team we get win...ners in 7 races. After sixth race we get topper who initially belonged to say race 1, and then rest 4 competes with the second position holder of the race 1. so we get top three. Please let me know about the more easy methods in solving this problem.
